Westchester County teacher salaries, 2024-25

12,191 classroom teachers taught in Westchester County's 48 school districts and BOCES in the 2024-25 school year. Their average salary was $123,211, $24,794 more than the New York average.1

Average salary
$123,211
classroom teachers, 2024-25
County rank
1st
of 57 New York counties outside New York City
Classroom teachers
12,191
in 48 districts and BOCES
Highest-paying district
$146,531
Scarsdale Union Free School District

Teacher pay in every Westchester County school district

Average and median salary of classroom teachers, 2024-25, highest first. Districts with fewer than 20 classroom teachers have no page of their own.1

DistrictAverage salaryMedianTeachersOver 10 yearsMaster's or more
Scarsdale Union Free School District$146,531$158,05342757%97%
Yonkers City School District$139,154$149,9151,42881%93%
Edgemont Union Free School District$136,828$146,48316880%96%
Byram Hills Central School District$134,387$149,10724176%96%
Chappaqua Central School District$133,216$141,97231973%93%
Pelham Union Free School District$129,723$141,78624384%96%
Harrison Central School District$129,722$135,69535270%94%
North Salem Central School District$129,652$140,22312280%94%
Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District$129,449$139,94412170%73%
Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns$128,368$133,21223477%97%
Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District$128,271$142,53325664%93%
New Rochelle City School District$127,768$134,78083168%95%
Rye City School District$127,418$135,87628272%99%
White Plains City School District$126,352$135,18459063%90%
Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District$124,761$135,83313772%96%
Somers Central School District$122,592$128,32125972%94%
Ardsley Union Free School District$121,336$127,46721576%98%
Elmsford Union Free School District$121,014$131,44710566%95%
Pocantico Hills Central School District$120,764$128,0803874%87%
Valhalla Union Free School District$120,721$131,67414273%89%
Bedford Central School District$120,431$132,49632676%94%
Bronxville Union Free School District$119,988$128,21714375%98%
Yorktown Central School District$119,802$131,38032070%75%
Lakeland Central School District$119,297$125,40046773%94%
Tuckahoe Union Free School District$119,264$120,21810779%98%
Mamaroneck Union Free School District$119,250$117,80244569%95%
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District$119,039$124,67915576%90%
Hendrick Hudson Central School District$118,310$122,31822676%96%
Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District$117,570$126,38815575%97%
Irvington Union Free School District$116,746$125,76215575%86%
Mount Pleasant Central School District$116,309$128,41920874%94%
Ossining Union Free School District$116,219$117,79440252%98%
Eastchester Union Free School District$115,880$112,02529672%86%
Peekskill City School District$115,694$114,59130049%81%
Croton-Harmon Union Free School District$114,063$119,55814868%85%
Westchester BOCES$111,667$110,7079456%82%
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District$111,032$111,51932557%93%
Greenburgh Central School District$109,323$112,45218056%97%
Pleasantville Union Free School District$107,479$117,59315374%97%
Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES$104,319$103,66113057%78%
Rye Neck Union Free School District$103,775$96,86014371%91%
Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Union Free School District$101,786$101,5382763%93%
Mount Vernon City School District$100,855$103,24758052%95%
Greenburgh-Graham Union Free School District$98,534$100,4394762%87%
Mount Pleasant-Blythedale Union Free School District$97,775$105,8822343%65%
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District$96,542$91,9862839%54%
Greenburgh Eleven Union Free School District$91,836$98,0792462%58%
Greenburgh-North Castle Union Free School District$89,347$87,9387446%86%

Questions about teacher pay in Westchester County

How much do teachers make in Westchester County, New York?

Classroom teachers in Westchester County's 48 school districts and BOCES earned an average of $123,211 in the 2024-25 school year, $24,794 more than the New York average.

Which Westchester County school district pays teachers the most?

Scarsdale Union Free School District, where classroom teachers earned an average of $146,531 in 2024-25.

Average teacher salaries in Westchester County compared to nearby counties

Average classroom teacher salary in each county that borders Westchester County, and how much more or less it pays.1

Westchester County Shades match the state map.

Sources for the Westchester County figures

Actual salaries of classroom teachers, teachers assigned to at least one course, as counted by the State Education Department. Every figure covers at least 5 teachers.

  1. New York State Education Department, Personnel Master File statistical run 2024-25: classroom teachers' pay, years of experience and degrees in each school district.

How we read the data